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Plover looks to continue streak in Legion regionals

Nina N. Salazar
Published 6:54 p.m. CT July 19, 2015

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The Plover Black Sox raise their trophy after their win over Marshfield to clinch the 2014 state title in the American Legion Class AAA state tournament at Memorial Field in Plover.(Photo: Contributed by Thomas Kujawski/For Stevens Point Journal Media)Buy Photo

“With their draw, they’ll be saving them for later in the tournament. There are quality teams in the regionals so we’ll see what happens. Point, Wausau and ourselves will all be competitive.”

Marshfield, which opens against Wisconsin Rapids, finished second in the regional last year. A rematch with Plover would provide them with a chance for redemption.

“We have a pretty balanced attack 1-9 in the lineup, which makes us kind of hard to beat,” said Southworth.

The Stevens Point Sixers face Wausau in the opening round, an opponent they are familiar with.

The two team split in a pair of Wisconsin Valley Legion League matchups.

“We have to come out and play solid defense behind our pitchers and hit the ball like we can,” Sixers coach Jason Rieck said.

“I have faith our pitchers will keep us in the game, we just have to get them some run support. It’s hard to beat a team three times in a season, and they beat us twice already. If we go out and play like I know we are capable and put the ball in play good things will happen.”

Nina N. Salazar can be reached at 715.345.2253 or by email at nsalazar@gannett.com. Follow her on twitter as @ninansalazar